Fort Folly grows their annual youth powwow; and reflections on Grace Annie Lockhart’s historic first

Erica Butler
CHMA News, Local Journalism Initiative, Community Radio Fund of Canada

On today’s show, reporter Clinton Davis talks with Amlamgog (Fort Folly) First Nation cultural coordinator Nicole Porter about the Mi’kmaq community’s growing annual youth powwow.

We also hear from Mount Allison archivist David Mawhinney about Grace Annie Lockhart, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Allison 150 years ago, and became the first woman in the British Empire to do so.  

Plus in news briefs:

  • A new crossing of the Tantramar River on the High Marsh Road is unlikely to be in place before the Fall of 2026, according to New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • Tantramar council meets on Monday for its monthly committee of the whole meeting, with Bee City designation, a town banner policy, and the Poet Laureate on the agenda.

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